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For my capstone project, I would like to focus on the Resettlement, or Integration of Refugees. I would like to focus on the two parts of this issue; the political side and the humanitarian side. The political side would focus on the issue of immigration laws, and the asylum process. The humanitarian side is how regular people can help people in this dire situation​. The countries chosen reflect different sides of the issues as Nigeria is not a first world country and both Sweden and Germany are both in the European Union.
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There are multiple causes of the current refugee crisis but the root of the problem for reintegration is a lack of a system that is capable of handling the number of people who need resettlement. There are many people who need a system that can help them but the systems in place are either too unorganized or there's too few acceptances to resettlement status.
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There are 68.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide.
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40 million Internally Displaced people
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An Internally Displaced Person is someone who has been forced to flee their home but never cross an international border. Unlike refugees, IDPs are not protected by international law or eligible to receive many types of aid because they are legal under the protection of their own government
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25.4 million Refugees
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19.9 UNHCR mandate​
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​A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. Most likely, they cannot return home or are afraid to do so.
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5.4 million Palestinian refugees registered by UNRWA
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3.1 Asylum Seekers​
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​​An Asylum Seeker is someone who flees their own country and seek sanctuary in another country, they apply for asylum – the right to be recognized as a refugee and receive legal protection and material assistance. An asylum seeker must demonstrate that his or her fear of persecution in his or her home country is well-founded.
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There have only been 102, 800 resettled as of June 19, 2018.
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